Los Angeles teachers’ strike talks continue through vacation weekend
February 1, 2019
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Some 30,000 striking Los Angeles teachers will stay off the job at least through Tuesday, despite headway made in marathon contract talks, because the teachers must ratify any tentative deal before the walkout can end, the union said on Monday. Striking Los Angeles teachers carry homemade signs at a rally at…
Pushed by the LA teachers’ “blue state” triumph, Denver’s instructors declare strike
February 1, 2019
Just days after LA teachers declared victory in their strike for better classroom conditions and limits on charter schools, their colleagues in Denver — another “blue state” — have voted to walk off the job, with a very similar set of demands. Last year’s #RedForEd strikes were concentrated in Republican-dominated red states, but beating up…
Denver teachers vote overwhelmingly to go on strike over base pay
February 1, 2019
Associated Press Published 7:28 a.m. ET Jan. 23, 2019 | Updated 8:12 a.m. ET Jan. 23, 2019 In this Jan. 17, 2019, file photograph, buttons for a teachers’ strike sit in a box in the union’s headquarters in south Denver. (Photo: David Zalubowski, AP) DENVER – Denver teachers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to go on strike after…
Teacher strikes: What’s next in your state
February 1, 2019
Striking L.A. teachers raise their arms as they hear the details on a new labor contract during a Jan. 22 rally in Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo: Robert Hanashiro/USA TODAY) The Los Angeles teachers’ strike is behind us, but more tension lies ahead: Teachers in Virginia plan to rally at the Capitol on Monday…
After six days, LA instructors settle their strike, wringing substantial concessions out of the school district
February 1, 2019
After six school days on the picket line, more then 30,000 LA public school teachers voted to accept an offer from the nation’s second-largest school district that amounted to a near-total capitulation by management in favor of the teachers’ broad demands: smaller classes; more aides, librarians and counselors; better school maintenance; support for a statewide…
L.A.’s Teachers Got What They Wanted—For Their Trainees
February 1, 2019
Topping the union’s list of priorities were demands around class sizes, which in many schools often exceeded the limits stipulated in the teachers’ previous contract—and in some cases were well upwards of 40 kids. While research on the benefits of class-size reduction is mixed, a number of compelling studies suggest that smaller class sizes can…
More strikes ahead? Teachers state they love their tasks however can’t pay their bills, survey shows
February 1, 2019
CLOSE Their passion for teaching and children may be the only thing keeping them invested in the profession. Spent a day with teachers across America. Jarrad Henderson, USA Today Teachers love their jobs, but they say they have the right, and the reasons, to walk out on them. An exclusive USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll of teachers finds an extraordinary…
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February 1, 2019
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